Device for firing cannons



March 115SA 1927,'

E. BUSTAMANTE DEVICE FOR FIRING C ANNONS Filed Jan. 22, 1926 NVENTOR.

Patented Mar. l5, il-22 teresa aar sfnfrf5f0aFfEl'C-fE4 EDUARDO BUSTAMANTE, or sra'rnrrrfsnenn, NEW'YORK.

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Application filed January rThis vinvention relates generally to cannons and .the like, the invention having more particular reference to a novel device for firing cannons and the like. The invention has for an object the provision of animprovedV firing device which is noisele-ss in operation.

For further comprehension ofthe invention, and of the objects and advantages thereof, reference Will be had to the following description and accompanying drawing, Y and to the'appended claims in which the varions novel features of the invention are i vice as appl-ied to the cannon 10, of Vany conventional design and construction as ordinarily used, comprises an oxygen tank 11 and a hydrogen tank 12 having' shut-oil1 valves .13 andvvalve bodies 17 with gages 14 y to record the rate of flow, when the valve 13 is open, and pressure gages 15 to record the pressure of the hydrogen or oxygen in the tanks 11 and 12, supplementary gages 16 being provided as a means of regulating` the rate of flovvcf hydrogen or oxygen, the above mentioned device being as ordinarily used for this purpose. The valve bodies 17 being connected by me-ans of pipes 18 and 19, having shut off valves 20 and 21 respectively to low pressure tanks 22 and 23 respectively, having pressure gages 24 and 25, and safety valves 26 and 27, respectively, the 10W pressure tanks 22 and 23 being connected to a main line 28 having shut off valves 29 by means of pipes 30 and 31 or any suitable means, respectively, the said mainline 28 leading to a valvechamber 32, or any suitable design and construction, and having a pressure gage 33.

To accommodate a. circular or disc valve 34 held on its Seat 35 by means of a conn pression spring 36 and having an aperture 37 to register With the aperture 38, When the disc valve 34 is rotated by means of a suitable located shatt 39 .rotatively mounted in a frame 40 and having suitably attached thereto a bevel gear 41 rmeshing with a suit- 22, 1926. Serial No;'83,6 16.

43 rotatively mounted 2in the fram'el'40,wand

having attached 'thereto/a5 su-it'ablebevel gear v44 meshing with the bevel-gear 45iattached to the-=shaft46 rotatively mountedin the frame 40,v and 'havingI attached 'thereto' a bevel gear 47 meshing with a suitable bevel gear 4 8 attached toY a shaft 49 rotatively mounted in suitable: bearings 50 and-having attached thereto aV pulley 51 and La /belt52 extended over the pulley 51 and 'the pulley 5o attached tothe -motorfsh'aft 54 ofthe motor 55 suitably connected toany convenient source of'power, not shown onf the accompanying drawing, the-heretobefore construction being such as`V vvill permitV the motor 55 to rotate or revolve the/discvalve 34 and the ring gear-I 56 by meansfoi afsuitable `pinion 57, 'meshing-'With the ring gear 56, and attache-d to the main sha-i643, the saidring g to the breechoil thecannonf' -10'and heldin position by means of a flange 58,-a'nd` having apertures '59 -to register with the apertures when theiring` `gear 56'isrotat`edf 'llhe Oear 56, being-rotatively attached pinion 61, -is conveniently attached to--the 'i main shaft 43,*and-mes'hes with asuitabl'e bevel fgear62lattached tozr the sh'aft63 rotatively mounted in the frame 40, and having suitably attached thereto' a contact arm 64, and having connected thereto, one extremity 65 of a` suitable inductance coil 66 by means of a suitable terminal 66 and a protruding portion 67, the said contact arm 64 making contact with the terminal 68 When rotated by means ot the heretobeore mentioned shaft 63 and bevel gear 62. The terminal being connected by means of a. suitable Wire 69 to aspark plug 70 of the conventional design. The inductance coil 66 vbeing also suitably connected to a switch 71 and a battery 72, in any other suitable source of current. The aperture 38 being connected to a valve housing 7 5, by mea-ns oi a pipe 7 3- or any other suitable means, containing a valve 76 held in a closed position by means of a v suitable spring 74.

t is obvious that I have providedv a means ot' supplying a mixture of oxygen and hydrogen to a cannon, and that I have also provided a means of iiring same by means of a spark, it isfurthermore, obvious, that'I have provided a means of opening apertures in the breech of a gun so as to permit a current of air through the barrel of the said cannon; it is further obvious that I have also provided a meansy of timing the above mentioned operations, as may be required. Y

While I have above described the pre-L ferred form, construction, and arrangement of the several elements employed, it will be understood that the device is, nevertheless, susceptible of considerable modification therein, and I therefore reserve the privilege ofresorting to all such changes as maybe fairly embodied Within the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to protect by'Letters Patenty of the United States is as follows A l. A firing -device for cannons and the like-comprising tanks7 connected to the cannon a disc valve and al contact arm and a means of rotating said disc valve and said Contact arm so as to fire the said cannonr said Vtanks connected to low pressure tanks and to the disc valve chamber.

. 2. A ring device for cannons and the like comprising tanks connectedto low presf.

sure tanks and to afdisc valve, having an aperture a means of rotating the .sa-1d disc valve, an aperture s0 located as to register like comprising tanks connected to low pressure tanks and to a valve chamber containing a disc valve having an aperture, a meansy of rotating the said disc valve by gears and shafts',V an aperture so located as to register With the said aperture as ya means of distributing the contents of the said tanks to a valve housing containingy a valve, and to the said cannon, a means of rotating a contact arm by gears and shafts rotatively driven by the heretobefore said rgears and shafts, so as to lire the said cannon by means of completing `the circuit to a spark plug in the said cannomaud to a coil and a battery;

4L. A firing device for cannons and the like comprising tanks connected to low pressure tanks and t0 a valve chamber containing a disc valve having an aperture,`a means `of rotatingthe said disc `valve by gears and shaft-s, an aperture so located as to register with the said aperture as a means of dis# Ytributing the contents of the said tanks to a valve housing containing a. valve, and to the said cannonya means of rotating a Contact armby gears and shaft rotatively driven by the heretofore said gears and shafts, so as yto re the said cannon by means of completingthe circuit to a spark plug in the said cannon, and to a coil and `a battery, and a means of opening apertures in the said can-` non by a ring gear rotatively driven by a pinion attached to a shaft comprising one of the heretobefore saidsliafts. f

In testimony whereof I `have affixed my signature. Y

EDUARDO BUSTAMANTE. 

